Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel Webster Bragdon and Rhoda Matilda Henderson




Husband Samuel Webster Bragdon 1 2

           Born: 28 Jun 1846 or 1847 - Neville Island, Allegheny Co, PA 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Feb 1927 - ? Bellvue, PA 3
         Buried:  - Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA


         Father: Samuel C. Bragdon (1806-1881) 1
         Mother: Frances Morrow (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 25 Dec 1872 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3



Wife Rhoda Matilda Henderson 2

           Born: 3 Nov 1845 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jan 1919 3
         Buried:  - Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA


         Father: Jonathan Henderson (1806-1891) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Brown (1812-1849) 5




Children
1 M Burton Brown Bragdon 3

           Born: 10 Oct 1873 - Neville Island, Allegheny Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Callie Petrie (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 1903 - Bellevue, PA


2 M John Harvey Bragdon 3

           Born: 19 Oct 1877 - Neville Island, Allegheny Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Roberta Quaile (1882-      ) 3
           Marr: 14 Jun 1906 - Bellevue, Allegheny Co, PA 6



General Notes: Husband - Samuel Webster Bragdon


He received his educa­tion in the schools of the island, and at Mt. Union College, Ohio. He worked with his father until 1873, when he started for him­self. When his father died he left two pieces of land on the island to Samuel and his brother, William H., Samuel taking a place of fourteen acres, where he erected a fine house in 1885, drawing the plans and arrang­ing the details himself.
He was a republican, and held all the various offices of his township.

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Sources


1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 628.

2 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 53.

3 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 94.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 961.

5 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 31.

6 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 161.


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